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Just as Black Diablos was pondering the somewhat chaotic situation, the back door of the Pokémon Center suddenly opened, and Screeching and Egg Custard, having heard the roar, hurriedly ran over to check on the situation.

The sound of the door opening drew everyone's attention.

The black horned dragon's eyes suddenly blazed with fury. It raised its head and let out a terrifying roar that shook the air. Everyone covered their ears in discomfort.

Egg Custard noticed the Blackhorn Dragon, jumped up in fright, and immediately turned and ran towards the Pokémon Center.

The Blackhorn Dragon spewed black gas from its mouth, pawed at the ground with its hind legs, and charged forward, drawing upon all its strength, its massive horns propelling it forward.

Chapter 209 The Secret of Evolution, An Unexpected Encounter in the Morning

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BOOM BOOM BOOM!

The furious charge shook the earth as the Black Horned Dragon charged forward like an unstoppable locomotive.

Su Yi, Dan Di, and others were all on its sprint path.

"Damn it!" Su Yi rubbed his ears and immediately shouted, "Stop it!"

The Anjanath, closest to the Blackhornosaurus, charged forward with all its might.

The Black Diablos was already very weak. This dragon charge looked impressive, but its power was weak. Therefore, when the Anjanath rammed into it with all its might, the Black Diablos immediately fell to the side.

The Black Horned Dragon tried to get up, but the Ferocious Clawed Dragon interrupted its movements by spitting out three dragon energy blasts.

Then, the female Rathalos swooped down from the sky, grabbed its pair of large horns with its sharp claws, and pinned it to the ground.

"Roar!" The Black Horned Dragon roared repeatedly, and a faint red glow began to emanate from the dense veins.

"Damn it! Don't risk your life!" Seeing that the Black Horned Dragon was about to lose its mind, Su Yi had no choice but to quickly retrieve it back into the ball.

Given the Black Horned Dragon's current physical condition, it can no longer support entering a "berserk state," and its body, which has just begun to recover, may completely collapse.

"It needs some time to calm down, and also, don't let it see the pheasant for now," Su Yi sighed.

"Phew! That startled me! That guy's roar was so loud, are you sure it wasn't some kind of sound-based attack?"

"When it charged at me, my mind was racing!" Cibana exclaimed breathlessly, making an exaggerated statement.

Sonia wiped away her cold sweat, still shaken, and said, "Will this Pokémon really listen to its trainer?"

Dan asked with equal concern, "Su Yi, can you completely capture this Pokémon?"

Su Yi said, "Of course I want to completely capture it. Unlike the Pokémon here, it takes a lot of patience to become its partner."

The female Rathalos landed on the ground, looking at Dan Di and his group with some wariness. Su Yi reached out and touched the hard scales on the female Rathalos's head to comfort it.

The black horned dragon's hatred for the egg custard was indeed giving him a headache. Fortunately, the horned dragon egg hadn't been eaten, otherwise, the hatred would have been virtually impossible to resolve.

Su Yi needs to find a way to reasonably reduce the Black Horned Dragon's hatred, and there will likely be many more similar situations later on.

Thinking that Thunder Wolf Dragon hadn't accepted him yet, Su Yi couldn't help but smile wryly: "Patience is the key to life."

In a hotel in Quanjuku City, after five days, Su Yi was finally able to take a comfortable hot shower.

After Su Yi dried Lu Cao's fur, he lay on the bed and began to sort out the gains from this trip to the Great Ant Mound Wasteland.

First, I captured a little mudfish dragon, expanding my companion beast encyclopedia, but the little guy doesn't seem to be very bright.

Next, they discovered what appeared to be an abandoned gold mine, but most of the gold there needed to be smelted, so there was still a small obstacle on their path to wealth.

Secondly, they captured the female Rathalos and a pair of male and female Rathalos cubs, thus expanding their aerial capabilities.

Next, I tamed the egg custard and obtained the eggs of the Barroth and Diablos.

Finally, they subdued the Black Horned Dragon.

Among them, the Odogaron evolved into the Ferocious Claw Dragon, which increased its combat power.

The rewards for the "Hunting Guide" quests, besides a few materials from Rathian and a gradually increasing number of capture balls, include the mysterious "Life Vein Fragment".

Su Yi picked up a small piece of crystal that emitted a faint blue light and examined it carefully.

"The material looks like dragon vein stone, but what exactly is the light inside?" Su Yi murmured.

The description of this item is also very simple: "Evolution is a long process full of chance, and this power has only accelerated it."

"Could this be some kind of 'evolution stone'?" Su Yi asked doubtfully.

Since the name contains the word "fragment," does that mean there are also "Life Dragon Vein Stones" and "Great Life Dragon Vein Stones"?

Puzzled, Su Yi carefully examined the information about the Black Horned Dragon.

Name: Black Horned Dragon

Race: Diablos (female)

Attributes: Ground, Dragon

Special ability: Tyrant's Might (Contact attacks have a chance to lower the target's physical defense or cause them to flinch).

Moves: Tyrant's Strike (Exclusive move, power 120, Ground type, Physical move, attacks the target with a ferocious charge and horn ram, likely to cause the target to flinch), Roar (Exclusive move, Normal type, Status move, emits a huge roar, with a high probability of causing all nearby targets to flinch), Hellish Wheel Punch (Exclusive move, power 60, Ground type, Physical move, attacks twice with alternating tail hammer and horn, with a chance to lower the target's physical defense), Dig, Double Strike, Super Horn Slam, Horn Ram, Double Slash, Slam, etc.

Carrying props: none]

Black Diablos is undoubtedly a heavy-armored warrior with extreme physical attack, and can learn many moves through TMs that can expand its attack range and coverage.

Most importantly, the Diablos is a flying wyvern species, and it can learn the Dragon Dance!

If developed well, it will be a black, horned, three-times-fast dragon car!

The only downside is that the horned dragon doesn't resemble a jet aircraft with a speed of 102.

The air became a fatal blind spot for the Diablos, but the Diablos had excellent land combat capabilities, so you couldn't ask for more.

Su Yi continued to flip through the "Hunting Guide," only to discover something new in the previously overlooked "Ecological Report."

The Ecology Report primarily documents the ecology of monsters that I have personally witnessed.

A long time ago, Su Yi would occasionally flip through it, but because Su Yi himself had a certain understanding of the ecology of monsters, and the information recorded there was almost the same as what he knew before, Su Yi hadn't turned to this page for a long time.

But this time, an important piece of information was recorded on it.

That is the condition for evolution.

Su Yi flipped to the entry for [Odogaron], which led to [Ferocious Claw Dragon].

The route is marked with icons and text indicating the following two pieces of information:

①【Odogaron Icon (Dragon Aura Activated)】+【Dragon Vein Stone】→【Ferocious Claw Dragon】

②【Odogaron Icon】+【Dragon Attribute Icon】+【Life Dragon Vein Stone】→【Ferocious Claw Dragon】

Su Yi sat up straight and pondered the information in the document.

The path Su Yi took to evolve his Odogaron into the Ferocious Claw Dragon was undoubtedly the first one.

The appearance of the [Life Dragon Vein Stone] confirms Su Yi's previous guess about the [Life Dragon Vein Fragment], and there is a high possibility that there is also a [Great Life Dragon Vein Stone] above it.

Finally, combining the information provided by the [Life Dragon Vein Fragment], Su Yi seemed to have gradually grasped some key points of the evolution of companion beasts.

The "Life Dragon Vein" series of materials are the evolution stones of companion beasts.

It's more like a catalyst or a harmonizer.

Take Odogaron as an example. If an Odogaron absorbs dragon-type energy, it may transform into Ferocious Claw Dragon after a long period of time.

The Dragonvein Stone, rich in Elder Dragon energy, acts as a catalyst for the Pokémonization of Odogaron, significantly shortening its transformation time.

The other route is the case where the Odogaron has never ingested any dragon-type energy.

This requires the Odogaron to absorb dragon-attribute energy from the outside world, adapt to dragon-attribute energy, and eventually activate it.

However, this process involves a certain degree of probability and danger, and not all Odogaron can successfully fuse with dragon-attribute energy.

The [Life Dragon Vein Fragment] not only harmonizes the fusion of the Odogaron and the dragon attribute energy, but also promotes its evolution into the Ferocious Claw Dragon.

Simply put, the evolution of a companion beast requires two things: an opportunity and time.

The Dragon Vein Stone can shorten time, while the Life Dragon Vein Stone provides both the opportunity and the time.

Overall, the "Life Dragon Vein" series of materials is more versatile.

Su Yi breathed a sigh of relief. Apart from the "evolution stone," the other evolution conditions for monsters are more complicated than those for most Pokémon, but it seems that there is still a chance.

However, by extension, since "dragon vein stones of different strengths can only be obtained from monsters of different strengths," the [Life Dragon Vein Fragment] probably cannot support the evolution of stronger companion beasts.

This can be seen from the fact that the material used to evolve into the Ferocious Claw Dragon is the [Life Dragon Vein Stone], not the [Life Dragon Vein Fragment].

"However, this does give some opportunities to the companion beasts with lower ecological niches." Su Yi carefully put away the fragment.

Su Yi drifted off to sleep, filled with anticipation for the future.

The next morning, Su Yi got up early, replenished some items at the Pokémon Center, and then entered the Monster Hunter world, Wildspire Waste, with Dewgrass.

The morning sun wasn't too harsh, and Su Yi and Lu Cao were harvesting cacti with their tools.

There was no other way; Su Yi's previous food supplies consisted almost entirely of meat, and the amount of tree fruit was also limited. The Black Horned Dragon now needed a large amount of food.

"After returning to Hoenn, I must learn how to make Energy Cubes!" Su Yi put the cactus into his [Items] folder.

"Phew!" Lucao wiped her sweat and said, "It's so hot, meow."

Su Yi took a big gulp of water and said, "That's strange, why has it suddenly become so hot?"

Su Yi remained silent for a while, then looked up. In the cloudless sky, the sun shone with a dazzling halo, like the midday sun.

Looking around, heat waves rose from the desert, distorting the air.

"We wouldn't..." Su Yi looked at Lu Cao and exchanged a glance with the cat, who seemed to have guessed something.

"Most likely," Lucao cautiously looked around.

Su Yi opened the [Map] section of the Hunting Guide.

You are now trapped in the realm of Yangyan and cannot leave.

Bang!

Su Yi closed the "Hunting Guide," remained silent for a moment, and then said, "aibo, let's retreat."

"Meow, it seems I'm too late." Dewgrass shuddered and looked at the distant sky over the desert.

Su Yi: "!!!"